Very little waste. This little building revels in the gathering of crumbs of remnant space, happily assuming the leftovers of urban growth. The idea of this building is to convert the most humble scraps of land and weave them into the surrounding community.
The Driveway House quietly but firmly responds to the needs and necessities of many lifestyles or situations by providing modest and healthy sanctuary within the greater social and physical infrastructure of an established community. Its easy access to markets, parks, public transit, places of worship, social centres, etc., is germane to this concept.
Utilizing forgotten land fragments and under utilized parcels, Spaces By Rohan relishes the opportunity.
Driveway House Attributes:
• Utilizing a double parking space. One car in front of the other. Area 44 square meters or 3.66 m wide x 12.04 m long (473 square feet; 12ft x 39.5ft) square feet.
• Highly insulated. Reduced thermal transfer with combining reflective foil layers, high density foam insulation and expanded polystyrene to aid the concrete block thermal mass walls.
• Highly insulated and thermal mass hydronic radiant floor heating throughout.
• This small house is also designed to be convertible to fully accessible ground floor living for wheelchair or a walker friendly environment if the need arises. The second floor would be for a caregiver or loved one to live upstairs. The stair to the 3rd level has been designed to accommodate a chair lift. All the walls are also backed with 19 mm of fir plywood behind the drywall for extra strength for things hung or attached with strength in mind.
• Multiple outdoor spaces. A shared courtyard behind a sliding gate to the garden at the ground. …A third floor bedroom with a large deck looking back onto the city.
The site context: Working class, multi-ethnic, with a mix of stable and transitional families set against an industrial fringe, a confluence of heavy local and arterial vehicular traffic / 3 tram lines / harsh and somewhat polluted atmospheric microclimate / no natural attenuation for sound or vibration against car traffic or trams.
The Driveway House maximizes a minimal area and provides a light filled, temperate cocoon for its inhabitants amongst the confluence of automobiles, municipal trams and buses.A mixed community of worker housing, French and Catholic high schools, bridges, and local businesses. In a neighbourhood where a father and daughter playfully wager on how long it will take for a newly renovated building to acquire a patina of graffiti, The Driveway House responds to the cacophony of urban existence and seeks to compliment the exterior landscape by its material choices combined with surprising use of space.
Material Used :
1. Black Concrete Block
2. Corten Steel Corners and Capping
3. Shiplap Cedar Siding
4. Fire Shutters by Automated Door Toronto
5. Exterior Doors and Window by Eagle, an Anderson Company
6. Interior Sliding Bathroom Glass Door Hardware by CLR Laguna
7. Interior Wood Door Sliding Hardware by Richelieu
8. Under counter Fridge and Freezer by Sub-Zero
9. Gas Stove, Oven, and hood by Bertazzoni
10. Bathroom Fixtures by Duravit
11. Toilets, Stark 3 Wall mounted.
12. Black concrete floor
13. Stainless Steel Aircraft cable on stair
14. Exterior Railing and Gates, Black Coated Expanded Metal screen.
15 Blanco Kitchen Sinks and Faucet
16. Jelinek Cork Floor
17. Viessman Gas Boiler
18. Nuheat in-floor bathroom floor heating
19. LG Washer/Dryer
